This is why GQ’s recent list of America’s best beer cities can’t be taken seriously. Remy Scalza visits one neighborhood in Portland, Ore., one!, and makes it seem better than anywhere else in America. Now, take that experience and multiply it by about 30 neighbors and you still aren’t even close to experiencing Beervana. Just [...]
Contrary to what you may have assumed about Portland, Ore. from watching Portlandia, it’s economy is actually doing quite well. What’s even more impressive is that while high unemployment is driving the national labor-force participation rate down, the Portland area’s participation rate is now growing. In the aggregate, Texas is where people have been moving [...]
Be on the lookout okay. Not sure where in Portland this flyer was found, but it gave me a good chuckle. Anyone want to send Erwin an email and see what they have to say? [via reddit]
“Four years ago I interviewed my grandfather at the age of 96 to talk about his life,” said Blitzen Trapper drummer Brian Koch of the inspiration behind the video. “I was struck by how, even though so much had become blurry, confused or completely fallen away from his memory, some things remained.” Just shy of [...]
Man, oh, man, this is one of the first times I can feel a stinging pang in my gut from not living in Portland, Ore. any longer. The XOXO festival will be held September 13-16.It’s being funded by Kickstarter, which could prove interesting for pre-selling festival tickets of any kind. XOXO is a celebration of [...]
Graphic designer Aaron James Draplin (previously) shares his 50 Point Plan at Portland’s March 2012 Creative Mornings lecture. Yes, before you bring the snark, the video is about 50 minutes long. But, if like me, you will probably want to start this video as background noise to other work. However, about 15 minutes in you’ll [...]
This promotional video for Bamboo Sushi in Portland was made by Joe Sabia over the course of seven months using miniature models. [via boingboing]
The Brewcycle is a 15-passenger bicycle that tours Portland’s breweries. For a two hour tour it’s $20 per seat during the week; on Friday and Saturday it’s $25 per seat. Also, it’s available to rent the entire bike by the hour for $150 per hour during the week and $170 per hour Fridays and Saturdays. [...]
Alex says it best: “Somehow they managed to be satirical AND self reflexive. Damn.” Portlandia continues to surprise me as one of the funnies sketch comedy shows in existence, not because I’ve lived in Portland, but because they continually land resonate jokes at hipster/nerd culture. The video above is a perfect example of that. Here’s [...]
Portland record label Tender Loving Empire is trying to raise funds to build a next-generation shopping system to allow customers to “pay what they what” for the label’s various albums. Jared Mees, who founded the record label, is calling this the “Priceless Music Project.” The goal, is to develop the system and then make it [...]
